Excerpts from Swami Venkatesananda's writings

All animate and inanimate creatures in the world are God's creations; but relationship is our creation and the source of grief.

If we learn to live without creating these prejudices, we shall be human beings!

Who is your friend and who is your enemy?
It is your mind.
If your mind is controlled, disciplined and pure, that mind is your friend.
If your mind is impure, undisciplined, violent, full of hatred, attachment and vanity, it is your enemy.